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Dégelis
Village in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dégelis is a village in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 2,884.[2][3] The Madawaska River flows from Lake Témiscouata, through Degelis, to join the Saint John River at 32 kilometres (20 mi) to the East at Edmundston, New Brunswick.
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Dégelis | |
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![]() Dégelis and Madawaska River | |
Motto(s): Par labeur grandirai ("By work I will grow") | |
![]() Location within Témiscouata RCM | |
Coordinates: 47.55°N 68.65°W / 47.55; -68.65[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
RCM | Témiscouata |
Settled | 1880 |
Constituted | December 13, 1969 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Normand Morin |
• Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
• Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
Area | |
• Total | 568.00 km2 (219.31 sq mi) |
• Land | 556.78 km2 (214.97 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,884 |
• Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016–2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 1,518 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
Website | ville |
Located on the banks of the Madawaska River (Saint John River), the village owes its name to a physical phenomenon: a zone of the river located in front the village, that never freezes.[4] A Dégelis, in Old French, means a zone on the water free of ice[5] (which is the phenomenon observed in Dégelis), a local winter thaw (no apparent reason),[6] meaning an opening in the ice during the seasonal thawing.
The area corresponding to Dégelis is named Dégelé (English: thawed) in a report by Joseph Bouchette in 1815. The spelling at the time varies considerably. Clerical and administrative documents dating from 1858 to 1878 refer to the parish under the name Dégely,[7] Ste. Rose Dégely,[8] or (Sainte-Rose-du) Dégeli.[9] Names "Sainte-Rose-du-Dégel" and "Dègelis" were also used for a period.[4]
The inhabitants are appointed Dégelisiens for males and Dégelisiennes for females.[10]